Here are some vocabulary words from The Hindu newspaper dated February 10, 2024:
- Demarcated:
- Context: The U.K. and the EU then drew up fresh rules, called the Windsor Framework, which stated that on arrival at the border of Northern Ireland, goods will be demarcated into two.
- Meaning: To set the boundaries or limits of something clearly (verb).
- Usage Example:
- The nature reserve is clearly demarcated from the surrounding areas.
- The two countries demarcated their border with a fence.
- They demarcated the different zones of the city for administrative purposes.
- The parking spaces were demarcated by white lines
- Starvation:
- Context: The growing resistance against the colonial English rule, especially after the Potato Famine of 1845 where over 1 million Irish people died due to disease and starvation, cemented these sectarian and religious differences.
- Meaning: Suffering or death caused by a lack of food (noun).
- Usage Example:
- The prolonged drought led to widespread starvation in the region.
- Aid organizations are working to prevent starvation in the refugee camps.
- The animal died of starvation.
- Measures were taken to alleviate starvation among the poorest communities
- Skewed:
- Context: Moreover, there have also been claims that elections were heavily skewed towards the Unionists due to gerrymandering practices.
- Meaning: Made to be not straight; distorted or biased in a certain direction (verb, adjective).
- Usage Example:
- The data was skewed due to sampling bias.
- The media’s coverage of the event was skewed in favor of one political party.
- The study’s results were skewed by outliers.
- The survey results were skewed by the overrepresentation of a specific demographic group
Feel free to incorporate these words into your vocabulary practice! 📚
